Summary - goodreads
Hailsham seems like a pleasant English boarding school, far from the influences of the city. Its students are well tended and supported, trained in art and literature, and become just the sort of people the world wants them to be. But, curiously, they are taught nothing of the outside world and are allowed little contact with it. Within the grounds of Hailsham, Kathy grows from schoolgirl to young woman, but it’s only when she and her friends Ruth and Tommy leave the safe grounds of the school (as they always knew they would) that they realize the full truth of what Hailsham is. Never Let Me Go breaks through the boundaries of the literary novel. It is a gripping mystery, a beautiful love story, and also a scathing critique of human arrogance and a moral examination of how we treat the vulnerable and different in our society. In exploring the themes of memory and the impact of the past, Ishiguro takes on the idea of a possible future to create his most moving and powerful book to date.
My Thoughts and Opinions
I absolutely loved reading this book. The writing, the main character's internal analysis of her life and surroundings- all of it was great. This is the kind of book I get hooked on, books with complex characters and interesting, unusual, and sometimes dark circumstances. It is a little eerie but that mixed in with very relatable everyday life- especially with mentions of Norfolk (where I come from), what a perfect mood. I will definitely read more of his books, I rarely care so much for characters- surprisingly I did not cry.